Clinical characteristics of patients with mpox infection in the United Arab Emirates: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: The study aims to explore the risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of mpox infection in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted at two communicable disease centers in Abu Dhabi, UAE and patients admitted with confirmed mpox infections between May 01, 2022 and December 31, 2022 were included in our study.

Results: A total of 176 mpox patients were admitted, of which 93% (n = 164) were men and mean age was 30.

[Differently abled: difference and the historical model of the standard man].

The article offers a critical analysis of how the differences displayed by people with disabilities have been perceived and dealt with in the social, educational, political, and therapeutic realms from ancient times until recent decades, when changes have been observed in Brazil. Whatever the type or degree of disability, we now use the terms 'differently abled' and 'different abilities; reflecting a current trend in terminology that avoids placing emphasis on negative aspects. Based on a historiographic survey, the article indicates how religious thought and practices and the development of medicine and of the notion of normalcy have influenced the social image of people whose bodies are differently abled.

[Human handicap and self-determination: compassion and insensibility in the Vincent Humbert case].

This work has the objective of discussing human self-determination among handicapped people with unaffected cognitive functions. The background for the article is the history of 22 year-old Vincent Humbert, who became tetraplegic, blind and speech-impaired after a car accident. The young man intense suffering lasted for several months and resulted in an insistent request for euthanasia to his mother.